Embattled Public Health Minister Dr George Norton yesterday beat out two competitors to retain his position as Vice-Chairman of the People’s National Congress alongside Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawrence.
Results of the votes cast revealed that Norton secured 227 votes while 393 votes went to fellow veteran vice-chair Lawrence. Attorney-at-Law James Bond garnered 148 votes while former Region Four Chairman Clement Corlette received 8.
President David Granger, who was unchallenged as the party’s leader, was in high praise of the congress organisers for their roles in ensuring that everything went smoothly.
“As you can see it was a smooth congress. There were no complaints about registration, there were no complaints about registration. Mr Mike Sommersaul conducted a seamless election process. Everybody was satisfied. In term of organisation we were very satisfied…we have done well so far,” he said.
